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Originally Posted by The Original FFIV
Flip side to your point is perhaps they put up the numbers they did as a result of increased ice time due to being on a bad team. How would they have fit in on a mid-upper range team? Did they get the points they did more from default or do they have the high level talent the numbers indicate?
Not saying you're wrong but just a counter point to think about.
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Totally valid point as well but i'd say that putting up points along side a handful of uber talented players is a lot easier to do then playing with maybe a couple high end players. Ice time is only going to increase so much even if a great player is on a marginal or crappy team.
I don't think getting an extra 20 seconds of pp time a game or maybe another 2-3 minutes of regular strength time is going to equate to having a great offensive year as opposed to an ok year. Being the guy on a marginal or poor team means the opposition is likely keying on you more specifically, thus goals and offence is harder to come by in my books.
Perfect example - greg nemisz. I'm not writing him off at all at this point but I will say that his numbers likely looked a lot better then they should have been with people keying on guys like taylor hall and co. If he was in Schiefle or McNeil's shoes i'm guessing he doesn't have the same numbers he had on windsor.
At this point our franchise needs skill and I really hope feaster/goulet keep that in mind at the draft. Schiefle/Mcneil have lots of it and should stick around for the 13th pick. Both are reported to be very sound defensively as well and could like be pro players by 2012.